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Twitter in Plain English (this is quite old but still a good beginning)

How to set up your Twitter Account

This is a channel of a number of You Tube videos on how to use Twitter. They are a couple of years old but still give you the basics.

http://edudemic.com/guides/guide-to-twitter/

Twitter Cheat Sheet - taken from Edudemic

Tweetdeck and Hoot Suite are two apps that will help you organize and follow your Twitter feed.
Tweetdeck works well on both tablet and the web version. There is also an Android version.
Hoot Suite is basically for mobile devices.

Hashtags - What are they and how do they help you!!

Definition:
Hashtags are a way of tracking topics on Twitter. When you use hashtags, you can help people who are interested in your subject matter find your Tweets. (defintion taken from http://contests.about.com/od/g/g/hashtagsdefinition.htm)

Hashtags for Educators - something to help you get started

Hashtag	Description
[[#\|#arted]]	interesting ideas and different information about Art Education
#[[#\|artsed]]	chat about Art Education
[[#\|#bullying]]	join the fight against bullying
[[#\|#CELTA]]	Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
[[#\|#clil]]	Content and Language Integrated Learning
[[#\|#Comments4Kids]]	a way to connect with other student blogs and to make comments
[[#\|#kinderchat]]	Kindergarten teachers
[[#\|#earlyed]]	early education teachers and information
[[#\|#ece]]	early childhood education
[[#\|#edapps]]	educational apps
[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#edchat]]	global education discussions
[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#edtech]]	technology for education purposes
[[#\|#elemchat]]	platform for elementary school educators
[[#\|#eltpics]]	Images by teachers for teachers. Licensed under Creative Commons
[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#flipchat]]]]]]]]]]	chat platform for flipped classroom educators
[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#flipclass]]]]]]]]]]	platform for those intersted in the flipped classroom
[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#gbl]]]]]]]]	game based learning
[[#\|#globalclassroom]]]]]]]]	Good for finding global collaboration/connections Official chats run monthly over three days check schedule
[[#\|#globaled]]]]]]]]	similar to above

[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#Globalkids]]]]]]]]	Global kids connections
[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#gifteded]]]]]]]]	discussions about gifted students
[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#ipadchat]]]]]]]]	name pretty well speaks for itself :)
[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#iste]]]]]]]]	International "Society for Technology in Education
[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#kidlit]]]]]]]]	literacy for children
[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|[[#\|#langchat]]]]]]]]	weekly discussion on topics of interest ot language educators (Thursday 6:00 PM Guatemalan Time)

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